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ORNAMENT FOR LAMP SHADES.

No. 351,700. Patented Oct. 26, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVOLOOTT A. HULL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ORNAMENT FOR LAMl -SHADES.

SPECIFICATION formingv part of Letters Patent No. 351.700, dated October 26, 1886. Application fied July 2, 1886. Serial No. 206,915: (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, WLoorT A. HULL, of New York, in the county and State of-New York, have invented a certain new and useful. Improvement in Ornaments for Lamp-Shades,

of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to ornaments employed to decorate shades for lamps.

The improvement consists in the combinaro tion, with a shade, ofa crown around the upper part of the shade and ornaments provided with hooks that engage the lower edge of the shade. j

The accompanying drawing represents a shadeprovided with ornaments embodying my improvement, a-portion of the shade being in section.

A designates a shade; It may be made of any desirable material and shape. At its upper edge it is provided with arim or flange, a. B designates a shade crownor ring adapted to be arranged on the shade outside the rim or flange a.

The ornaments O are made of any suitable 2 material, preferably metal, and are disposed at intervals about the shade. They are provided near their lower ends with books 0, here shown as integral with the ornaments. These hooks engage the lower-edge of the shade, and tend to prevent displacement of the ornaments. In the example of my improvement shown the ornaments are severally provided with liplike portions b, which may be bent in such manner as to extend betweeuthe rim a and the 3 5 crown or ring 0 when the latter is in place. By this means the liability of the ornaments to displacement at their upper ends is lessened. Of course the ornaments might be provided with hooks at their upper ends-as, for in- 40 stance, the lip-like portions 12 might be made long enough to be bent over the edge of the rim a of the shade, if desirable. 1

g In the illustration of my improvement given the crown B is made in one piece; but it is obvious that the crown may be madein sections, and secured with the ornaments in any desirable manner.

It will be seen that by my improvement the ornaments may be readily secured upon the shade, and when in position swinging or lateral movement is practically avoided. It is advantageous to secure them at top and bottom, because then both ends of the ornaments are effectually secn red from displacement, even when carrying the lamp or dusting off the shade.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secn re by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a shade, of a crown 60 around the upper part of the shade and ornaments secured with the crown on the shade, and provided with hooks that engage the lower edge of the shade, substantially as specified.

' VVOLCOTT A. HULL.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES D. GRISWOLD, D. H. DRISCOLL. 

